To be fair to @Luckyguy1983 we don't know how serious Liz Truss was about cutting cancer care despite credible reporting she did discuss it. I suspect not very serious. But she seems to have bee… (View Post)

Noteworthy about the last Conservative government is the amount of long term damage they have incurred with short term expedients. Brexit is an example. Also abolishing Sure start, two child cap that… (View Post)

It's admirable that nothing you write ever embarrasses you. (View Post)

On Starmer's speech, the risk I think is not so much the tax rises. No-one was honest about the inevitable tax rises before the election. Being honest about tax now when they weren't before… (View Post)

I expect Starmer to fight the next election which first term incumbents tend to win. So we're looking at an event 5 to 8 years away probably. (View Post)